The nonconformist and the rebel say all manner of unanswerable things against the existing republic, but discover to our sense no plan of house or state of their own.

Things have their laws as well as men, and things refuse to be trifled with.

The history of persecution is a history of endeavors to cheat nature, to make water run up hill, to twist a rope of sand.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Tis weak and vicious people who cast the blame on Fate. The right use of Fate is to bring up our conduct to the loftiness of nature.

There is a capacity of virtue in us, and there is a capacity of vice to make your blood creep.

The teaching of politics is that the Government, which was set for protection and comfort of all good citizens, becomes the principal obstruction and nuisance with which we have to contend... The cheat and bully and malefactor we meet everywhere is the Government.